God is coming, will fix America — Bachmann

God is coming and will “heal our land,” Rep. Michele Bachmann, R-Minnesota, a Republican presidential candidate, predicted to an evangelical church audience in Waukee, Iowa, on Sunday.

“Bachmann, a religious conservative who is firmly opposed to all abortions and to gay marriage, seemed very comfortable in the pulpit position, among a crowd of believers whose faith is similar to her own,” the Des Moines Register reported.

She noted a replica painting in the church lobby, “Prayer at Valley Forge,” the same painting of a kneeling George Washington that decorates Bachmann’s office in Washington, D.C., and added:

“We too are at a crucial time today. And I think it is for us to remember, that if we do as Chronicles tell us to, if we humble ourselves and pray and confess our sin, and turn away from our wicked ways, and ask an almighty God to come and protect us and fight the battle for us, we know from his word his promise is sure.

“He will come. He will heal our land. And we will have a new day.”

Bachmann discussed religious events in her own life, notably a miscarriage when she was expecting her third child. The miscarriage was first discussed by Bachmann in South Carolina last week.

“I’d never known anyone who’d had a miscarriage,” she said in the Iowa speech. “And it was a profound experience to both of us. It changed us.”

As the Register reported: “At that moment, she and husband, Marcus, prayed and said they would accept as many children into their lives as God wished . . . They went on to have three more biological children and accepted 23 foster children into their home, she said.”

Bachmann further discussed God’s coming, saying:

“What he will do for one, he will do for all. And it is the same with nations as well. As we seek him, he’s there for us. I have seen it. I have lived that in my own life since I came to him out of his grace, in his mercy, back on November First of 1972. He is not partial. He will do for you and he will do for our nation.”

Courting evangelical Christians is a way to the hearts of Iowa’s Republican caucus-goers. Ex-Arkansas Gov. Mike Huckabee used evangelical support in 2008 to upset the heavy spending, heavily favored GOP frontrunner Willard “Mitt” Romney.

As far back as the 1988 caucuses, TV evangelist Pat Robertson scored a surprise second place finish behind Sen. Bob Dole, and ran well ahead of Vice President (and eventual Republican nominee) George Bush Sr.